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Assignment 4: Assigned March 15th

  • You can work on this project alone or with a partner (so groups can be 1 or 2 only)
  • Using the stories and information provided, decide on how your news cast will look/sound
  • Make sure you follow the directions
  • You can type this or hand write it.
  • You have today and tomorrow to complete this project
News Rundown.docx

VOCAB:Add to your News Vocab file from last week--These are words/phrases for Broadcast news--Given in class Wednesday, March 14th. Make sure you have all the words, these will be on the final


  • Anchor--Person in the newsroom telling about the news (not out on the scene)
  • Reporter--Person on the scene of a story, the person reporting live is a reporter
  • Rundown--The order of stories that will appear in a newscast
  • Lead Story-The first story in the newscast (the most shocking/important news)
    • "If it bleeds, it leads"-The more violent a story is, the earlier in the newscast it tends to appear
  • The Lower Third--The information at the bottom of the screen during a story, tells who the person is, the city, the name of the story (or other information that is needed/important)
  • Call Letters: The letters of a local TV and radio. East of the Mississippi River they begin with "W" (examples: WDIV, WXYZ, WWJ, WOMC)
    • NOTE: Michigan is East of the Mississippi River
  • Teaser--A little preview of stories to come to "tease" you into continuing to watch
  • A 30 minute newscast has about 23 minutes of news (the rest are commercials--most commercials are for local companies)

Assignment 3: Assigned March 9th (in class assignment-if NOT done, it is HOMEWORK)

  • Write a News Story (can be fictional) using the elements covered in the vocab at the beginning of class
    • Must have:
      • A HEADLINE
      • A Byline
      • A picture
      • A caption
      • No less than 10 sentences
      • One quote (can be made up)
      • Must be school appropriate
    • Can be written on lined paper or typed
    • Picture can be drawn (stick figures are fine), from a magazine (in the drawer) or from online
    • Due at the end of class.
      • If done on the computer-Email
      • If written--Turn in to Mrs. Ferris as you leave
      • NO PRINTING of anything

VOCAB: Create a new Word Document saved as News Vocab


  • Headline--The title of the news article. The larger the headline, the more important the story
  • Byline--The author of the story (By: John Smith)
  • Above the fold--A news paper comes folded. Anything above the fold is considered the most important news (it can be seen from a paper box or display)
  • Caption--Explanation of a picture or graphic. Usually under the picture
  • Quote--What someone says, exactly as they said it. Quotation marks are at the beginning and end of a quote "

Assignment 2: Assigned March 2nd

  • Visit Newseum and view the Papers from TODAY
  • Check out the Front Pages from around the country
  • Pick 8 news papers from DIFFERENT States
  • Copy the pages into a Word or PowerPoint
  • Answer the following questions
    1. What papers did you choose? (should be on top of the slide with the image)What City/State were they each from (should be on top of the slide with the image)
    2. What headlines were used? (make sure to list the main headline from EACH PAPER you selected)
    3. The following questions deal with all the papers you chose--You might need different slides are different questions
      1. How were they different from the different states?
      2. What pictures were used? Did they use Close Ups?
      3. What story stood out the most to you? Why?
      4. What emotions were shown?
      5. Do you think any of this stories will be remembered in 10 years? Which ones? Why?
  • Save and work on something quietly when done

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Assignment 1: Assigned February 29th

Newspaper Article Project.doc